At this, Li Qingyun and Peng Gan, standing at a distance, both remained silent, neither breaking the mood.
Ling Taichu and the other three did not dwell in it for long either, quickly coming back to themselves.
"Enough. Fang Xiao is still in the void clearing out True Demons. We may mourn, but we must not forget our proper business."
After gathering his thoughts and reminding the three of them, Ling Taichu turned to Li Qingyun and Peng Gan.
"Junior Sister Li, Junior Brother Peng, the two of you know the Extreme North Ice Plains better. I'll trouble you to make the trip and take charge of extracting the earth veins there."
Li Qingyun and Peng Gan exchanged a glance, then immediately stepped forward and cupped their hands.
"Rest assured, Senior Brother. Leave this matter to us."
"Good.
"As for the East Sea, I'll leave it to Junior Brother Yi and Junior Brother Chen.
"Junior Sister Wen and I will handle the Eastern Domain."
Yi Tianhe and Junior Brother Chen naturally had no objections to this arrangement. Both cupped their hands in assent.
However, Yi Tianhe seemed to have thought of something else. He looked directly at Ling Taichu and asked, "With Half-step Dao Artifacts in hand, extracting earth veins is no more than a trifling matter.
"But are we truly giving the earth veins to the Yuetian Sect? What if, after refining them, they go back on their word?"
None of those who had cultivated to Spirit Transformation were fools. Naturally, they had considered this issue.
It was merely that Fang Xiao had not mentioned it, so they had found it inconvenient to ask.
Thus, they had no idea what Fang Xiao had planned.
Did he believe the Yuetian Sect would not dare break its promise, or had he